Competition Winner Bias

[Daltron]

A few people have commented in client now how they are always seeing the same names pop up when competition winners are announced.

For general discussion do you think:

(I) there is unfair bias in winner selection for staff favourites or
(II) do you think these people that continuously win competitions are just in an elite pool of people who create top noch entries to various things or
(III) is it a mix of both?

Thoughts?

[lucaskf390]

(III) is it a mix of both (I 70% and II 30%).

[Michael]

A certain name wins every competition without fail, yet they seem not the type who would when it comes to it in-client. I think staff deliberately keep away from people they interact with in client to show that they're not being biased.

[Daltron]

A certain name wins every competition without fail

Is that the Hawaii person or someone else? I swear he has won every competition since P2 and others took over maybe even before that. I see a lot of familiar names repeatedly but not sure who else has won everything

[zombies]

there will always be this paranoia about there being staff favourites, i don't believe there is such a thing but i can understand why anyone would believe there was. but back on the UK i remember the likes of Screwz and JammieDodgers winning almost every competition without fail, maybe they were the only ones that entered?

[Michael]

Is that the Hawaii person or someone else? I swear he has won every competition since P2 and others took over maybe even before that. I see a lot of familiar names repeatedly but not sure who else has won everything

nope, that isn't who I'm thinking of.

[lemons]

they probs send in the best entries



though it is annoying to see the same people win everytime

[Connected--]

mix of both. but you know some just suck up to the staffs just so they could benefit themselves.

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[lRhyss]

Jake used to always win competitions, Not sure about now. But I've noticed this in the past. They should not allow the same people to monopoly them, it's unfair.

[Yawn]

there will always be this paranoia about there being staff favourites, i don't believe there is such a thing but i can understand why anyone would believe there was. but back on the UK i remember the likes of Screwz and JammieDodgers winning almost every competition without fail, maybe they were the only ones that entered?

sounds like something a staff fav would say shedim

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f233/wwejohncena/2jxxev.gif

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kidding (sort of)
but yes theres always the same names popping up and i believe it is a mix of the 2

[FlyingJesus]

I won Funky Friday for 50 credits in 2003

[Hidden]

Well if somebody is winning the same type of competition over and over, it generally means they are good at that specific topic. Most people won't just create a winning room then never win again. Same with writing etc.

[Empired]

I guess if the competition is to create a fantastic room you have to have the credits to buy the furni you're gonna need. So I assume there are lots of great room builders out there who can never win because they don't have the money. I suppose that's a form of favouritism in itself?

[cameron354]

(II) I don't believe that this is due to staff bias, that doesn't seem to happen as much with the current staff compared to Habbo UK etc. I think the reason you get the same people winning over and over is that they are a bit addicted, and will put a lot of time into their entries.

[Hidden]

Habbo UK never had biased judging IMO, the winners were normally really good and had much higher standards than the winners today. I'm sure many others will agree with this.

[sex]

someone told me proms got one of the kids she teaches to write her entry :S dunno how true that is

[Daltron]

someone told me proms got one of the kids she teaches to write her entry :S dunno how true that is

lmao she teaches?


'now class today we are writing poems and it must include habbo furni x y and z'

[lRhyss]

Habbo UK never had biased judging IMO, the winners were normally really good and had much higher standards than the winners today. I'm sure many others will agree with this.

I would agree with this...

But Jake and Beth used to be so far up Ludus' bum they'd win if they'd enter or not.

Pretty sure Ludus also gave them a twilight trophy for no reason simply because they couldn't find anyone selling one for their casino... Not sure about the truth of that though.

[Hidden]

I would agree with this...

But Jake and Beth used to be so far up Ludus' bum they'd win if they'd enter or not.

Pretty sure Ludus also gave them a twilight trophy for no reason simply because they couldn't find anyone selling one for their casino... Not sure about the truth of that though.

Yeah maybe ludus a little, but sometimes he was legit. He was really annoying but he was probably the only person to be so casual and not avoid things. He argued and hated me for a long time and still gave me prizes truthfully.

[Mr-Trainor]

Lol ludus made me sell my collection of Moodi Machines when he told me (well, in a room I was in) that loads more would be released. That never happened..

As for competition winners, maybe the people who win again and again just submit good entries. And maybe they don't have many other entries to even choose from?

[lRhyss]

Yeah maybe ludus a little, but sometimes he was legit. He was really annoying but he was probably the only person to be so casual and not avoid things. He argued and hated me for a long time and still gave me prizes truthfully.

I agree with this as he hated me with a passion too yet I still won some stuff. I was ban on site in his room haha

[Tyrell]

omg glad i'm not the only one to think this

have entered so many comps and have never won a single one. not just room building ones, but also badge designing, writing story ones etc... yet the same names keep cropping up all the time

i always panic that i am emailing the wrong person

then i realise that i am just basic as hell

[steamyxo]

i dont no if i can say who but i swere its always lolcatthethiny that wins everything without a fail, and sometimes the entry aint even good

[goofyjadico]

yeah i see the same names pop up every time. i see lolcatthetiny a lot, and i think the hawaii guy also wins a lot. and the thing is, most of the time that the same names pop up, their entry usually isn't that good.

[Tyrell]

Has Richy won every Christmas email-in comp so far thsi year?